‘Endless Night’ (1967) shows the ‘happily ever after’ … not so happily
Sleuthing Sunday (Book review): Rightly labeled as one of Christie’s “horror” novels, “Endless Night” is light on killings, but drenched in foreboding.
Agatha Christie
‘A Murder is Announced’ (1950) a vintage ‘cozy mystery’
Sleuthing Sunday (Book review): Agatha Christie didn’t write as many cozy village murder mysteries as the stereotype suggests. But this is one of them.
T&T still have game in ‘By the Pricking of My Thumbs’ (1968)
Sleuthing Sunday (Book review): Agatha Christie returns to the spousal sleuths after a 27-year hiatus, and she hasn’t forgotten how to write them.
‘And Then There Were None’ (1939) an early slasher classic
Sleuthing Sunday (Book review): Widely regarded as one of Christie’s best novels, it deserves more credit as a progenitor of slasher horror.
Christie’s ‘Towards Zero’ (1944) counts down to murder
Sleuthing Sunday (Book review): This briskly paced and well-drawn character piece is only undone by the unlikely turns of the denouement.
Poirot warmly tackles cold case of ‘Five Little Pigs’ (1942)
Sleuthing Sunday (Book review): Character drama and mystery flawlessly come together in Christie’s beautifully written novel.
‘Crooked House’ (1949) a stealthily tragic tale
Sleuthing Sunday (Book review): They aren’t criminals or even bad people. But there’s something not right in the titular household in this Christie classic.
‘Death on the Nile’ (1937) a romantic puzzler on river
Sleuthing Sunday (Book review): This classic ends up a brain-teaser, but for much of its page count it’s a great portrayal of romance gone bad.
Christie makes plotting seem as easy as ‘A.B.C. (Murders)’ (1936)
Sleuthing Sunday (Book review): For the first time, Poirot encounters a serial killer! And it’s no less compelling than Christie’s traditional puzzles.
‘Murder on the Orient Express’ (1934) a stone-cold classic
Sleuthing Sunday (Book review): Poirot is in his element like never before or since in this staple of Christie’s oeuvre.